At Four Lines, With The

Oh Let Us Not Be Condemned For What We Are. It Is Enough To Account For What We Do.

At Somewhere Around 10 Syllables, The English Poetic Line Is At Its Most Relaxed And Manageable.

Writing For The Page Is Only One Form Of Writing For The Eye. Wherever Solemn Inscriptions Are Put Up In Public Places, There Is A Sense That The Site And The Occasion Demand A Form Of Writing Which Goes Beyond Plain Informative Prose. Each Word Is So Valued That The Letters Forming It Are Seen As Objects Of Solemn Beauty.

The Composer Does Not Want The Self-sufficiency Of A Richly Complex Text: He Or She Wants To Feel That The Text Is Something In Need Of Musical Setting.

I Don't See That A Single Line Can Constitute A Stanza, Although It Can Constitute A Whole Poem.